Multiple Choice
When a eukaryotic cell undergoes mitosis (followed by cytokinesis), what is the result?
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16. Cell Division
Mitosis
Multiple Choice
At the end of mitosis (after cytokinesis is completed), what is produced from one original somatic cell?
A
Two daughter cells each with half the original chromosome number
B
Four genetically unique haploid cells
C
One diploid cell with duplicated chromosomes still joined at the centromere
D
Two genetically identical daughter cells with the same chromosome number as the parent cell
Verified step by step guidance1
Recall the stages of the cell cycle, focusing on mitosis and cytokinesis, which together result in the division of one somatic cell into two cells.
Understand that mitosis is a process that ensures the duplicated chromosomes are equally separated into two nuclei, maintaining the original chromosome number.
Recognize that cytokinesis physically divides the cytoplasm, resulting in two separate daughter cells.
Note that these two daughter cells are genetically identical to each other and to the original parent cell, meaning they have the same diploid chromosome number.
Conclude that at the end of mitosis and cytokinesis, one original somatic cell produces two genetically identical diploid daughter cells, each with the same chromosome number as the parent.
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